..In our institution, many of these drain sites are placed at some time before necrosectomy. Once the team method has been implemented, the following improved outcomes will result--lowered need for necrosectomy and single digit mortality...

..This article discusses the interventional management of peripancreatic fluid collections, focusing on endotherapy and surgical management. Anatomy and principles to decide management also are reviewed...

..The outcome is a patient who has optimized his or her gastrointestinal, endocrine, and exocrine functions and is ready for adjuvant treatment 6 weeks after resection. Surgery alone is not sufficient...

..This study aimed to evaluate additional staging information obtained by laparoscopy in the subset of patients with locally extending pancreatic cancer but no evidence of distant disease using computed tomography...

A pancreatic ductal leak should be sought to direct treatment in patients with acute pancreatitis

..If a pancreatic duct (PD) leak is present, should treatment be aimed at minimizing the sequela of the leakage of pancreatic juice and not just supportive observation until a necrosectomy is required?..

The usefulness of drain data to identify a clinically relevant pancreatic anastomotic leak after pancreaticoduodenectomy?

..Drain data based on the volume and amylase criteria of this study may be useful for early detection of a leak that will have clinical impact. This study's criteria for leak may be a good definition to design a clinical trial...

..There are few data available regarding long-term complications and outcomes with use of self-expandable metallic stents in benign disease and virtually none regarding attempted removal once the acute problem is resolved...